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Five people, including a juvenile, were charged after a 15-year-old was stabbed and shots were fired during an argument.

The Opelousas Police Department received several calls between 8 and 9 p.m. on Tuesday about disturbances that started in the area of Ina Clare Drive and continued to the 1300 block of Frilot Street, which is near Park Avenue.

During the altercation, a 15-year-old boy was stabbed and suffered minor injuries, according to police. About 10 shots were fired at a home in the 1300 block of Frilot Street. No one was injured in the shooting, but there were four people inside at the time, police said.

The argument is thought to have started as a dispute over a bicycle, according to OPD.

An Opelousas juvenile, who was not named, and 19-year-old Travion Vaughns, of Opelousas, were charged with disturbing the peace. Three others also face disturbing the peace charges, among others.

Tristan Anderson, 19, of Opelousas, was charged with four counts of attempted second-degree murder, one count of aggravated assault with a firearm, one count of carrying a firearm by a convicted felon. Traylon Anderson, 17, of Opelousas was charged with aggravated second-degree battery. Jaquantay Lavergne, 20, of Opelousas, was charged with inciting a felony.